Kingdom Animalia Class Mammalia Order Pilosa Rank Genus | Phylum Chordata Superorder Xenarthra Family †Mylodontidae | |
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Similar Thinobadistes, Nematherium, Hapalops, Catonyx, Pronothrotherium | ||
Octodontotherium is an extinct genus of ground sloth of the family Mylodontidae, endemic to South America during the Oligocene-Miocene. It lived from 29—21 mya, existing for approximately 8 million years.
Fossil distribution is exclusive to Santa Cruz Province, Argentina.
Taxonomy
Octodontotherium was named by Ameghino (1894). It was assigned to Mylodontidae by Carroll (1988); and to Mylodontinae by Gaudin (1995).
References
Octodontotherium Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA